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Islamic financial system and conventional banking:

A comparison

Asma Salman a, * , Huma Nawaz b,c

a
American University in the Emirates (AUE), College of Business Administration, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
b
Al-Madinah International University, Malaysia
c
Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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Article history: The present study is conducted to find out the difference between the two areas of banking,
Received 24 March 2018 that is, Islamic and conventional banking with respect to profitability, efficiency and
Received in revised form liquidity. The secondary data from banks of each banking sector is taken for assessment.
25 September 2018 Ratio analysis and one sample t-test is applied to determine the characteristics of study
Accepted 28 September 2018 respondents and regression analysis is applied to examine the difference in term of
significant factors that influence customer trust of Islamic banks and commercial banks. The
results of the study oppose many previous findings as the analysis shows that there is
significant difference between the both types of banking for the variables under study.
Keywords: Moreover, influence of return on asset is more on customer trust for the study period (2013–
Islamic banking 2017) for the Islamic bank as compared to the conventional banking. The study also examines
Profitability the significant factors that are important for growth of Islamic banking.
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1. Introduction

Islam prohibits interest, so the Islamic banking system involves the products which do not include riba (interest) and which are
according to Shari’ah principles, therefore it is also called the interest-free banking. The system is developing with the passage of
time as the demand of interest-free products is also increasing. More and more customers are keen to bank in the Islamic way and
many commercial banks are also introducing Islamic banking products separate from the conventional ones. Many non-Muslims
also are the customers of Islamic banks. Islamic banking is also very popular in some non-Muslim countries. According to a report
by the State Bank of Pakistan, there are more than 300 Islamic financial institutions operating in almost 75 countries (Anwar, 2010).

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Islamic banks are continuously growing and in numbers since 1971. “At a growth rate of 15 percent, a year, Islamic banking has $65
billion in assets. However, this is less than 1 percent of bank assets worldwide” (Wilson, 1995). The first Islamic bank was established
in 1963 in Egypt while in Pakistan, the Islamic banking emerged in 1970s (Ariff, 1988). Islamic banking was re-launched in Pakistan in
the year 2002. And now, many full-fledged Islamic banks in Pakistan are operating (such as Faysal bank, Meezan bank, and Bank
Islami, Dubai Islamic Bank, etc.). Many conventional banks (such as Askari bank, Bank Alfalah, etc.) are having separate Islamic
Banking branches. So, the overall banking system can be called as a dual banking system where Islamic and conventional banking is
in operation side by side. The fourth annual Islamic Finance news poll was held in the year 2008 and State Bank of Pakistan was voted
as at second number from the central banks all over the world that are taking interest in promoting Islamic banking.
The current global financial crisis is the result of the interest-based economies. The countries which were having very
successful markets and were leading the whole world, were also hit with the crisis to such an extreme that now the interest rate is
brought down nearly to zero. These countries are now taking keen interest in Islamic banking because it is not based on interest
rate systems. Rather it is asset-based banking as compared to the conventional banking which is money based. A report by the
State Bank of Pakistan confirms that the Islamic banking is not directly infected by the crisis (Anwar, 2012).

1.1. Background of Islamic banking

Islamic financial system is based upon a commerce law known as fiqh al-mu’amalat. This law considers issues of social justice,
equity, and fairness in all business transactions, and promotes the entrepreneurship, protects the property rights and emphasizes
the transparency of contractual obligations according to divine law of Allah and his last messenger Muhammad (PBUH). It is based
on Shariah approved products which do not involve Riba (interest/usury), gharar (uncertainty), maisir (gambling), and non-halal
(prohibited) activities. Although Islam has allowed the profits, but the pre-determined fix amount of returns is not allowed. Risk of
loss and variability of profits must be faced to get the returns (Ariss, 2010).

1.2. Modern Islamic banking

The Islamic banking was started with the simple profit and loss sharing accounts, Islamic savings and investment products but it is
now flourishing as the Islamic bonds (Sukuk) and hedge funds are introduced in the market, the main products of Islamic banks are
now based on profit and loss sharing principle (Mudarabah), partnerships or joint ventures (Musharakah), Sales contract (Salam),
leasing contract (Ijarah) and interest-free loans (Qard-e-Hasna), trade with markup (Murabaha).

1.3. Different Islamic banking products that are commonly used in Pakistan

Ijarah: This product is mostly used for the purchase of vehicles like cars, delivery vans, etc. the bank purchases the vehicle for the
client and the client pays monthly rentals. When the cost of the vehicle plus the profit amount is paid by the client, the ownership is
transferred to the client (Chhapra, Ahmed, Rehan, & Hussain, 2018).
Mudarabah: This product is used to finance the businesses. The bank provides the finances and the business provides the labor.
If any loss is occurred, it is borne by the bank provided if there is no intent of the Mudarib of the loss (Gunputh, 2014).
Murabaha: It is a contract to sell the goods with a mark-up profit on the cost of the goods. The client instructs the bank to
purchase the goods from a third party. The bank then sells the goods to the client on the price that includes cost plus the profit. This
product is also used to finance the business (Shahid, Hassan, & Rizwan, 2015).
Musharakah: it is a partnership contract between the bank and the client in which both the partners invest their capital in a
project in a proportion. They share profit or loss in a way that the loss is shared between the partners in the proportion they
invested their capital, but the profit is shared in a predetermined proportion with mutual consensus (Mehtab, Zaheer, & Ali, 2015).
This product is generally used in home loans (for construction and renovation purposes).

1.4. Islamic and conventional banking

Islamic banking is different from the conventional banking as it is interest free. Islamic banking operates under different principles
and they have different risk profiles. The Islamic banks have regulations of two types; first is the government and the central bank
that govern the conventional banks as well and the other is the Shariah Supervisory Board that approves the products of the
Islamic banks and keeps a check over the implementation of the rules defined by the board. The central bank defines some rules
which are specific to the Islamic banks. For example, minimum capital requirements are higher to establish an Islamic bank than
the conventional banks. Islamic banks have to pay more taxes and registration costs because it is asset-based banking and the bank
has to own the goods it further sells which eventually are paid by the client, but it increases the cost.

1.5. The present study

The present study is confined to the profitability, efficiency and liquidity comparison between two types of banking, that is, Islamic
and conventional banking. For this purpose, two big Islamic banks, i.e. Meezan Bank Pakistan and bank Islami are taken in the study
for the comparison of their performance with two large commercial banks of Pakistan, i.e. Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan and
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MCB Bank during the year 2013–2017. The importance of this period is higher because it is the latest available data and it shows the
performance of the banks during the recession (financial crisis) period. So, the results also depict the impact of this crisis on both
types of banking. Also, the selected banks are the representative of the both the categories as they are most well known in their field.
Meezan bank is the first full-fledged Islamic bank in Pakistan and now it is placed at the top of Islamic banks. It is one of the
fastest growing banks in Pakistan as the average growth of its assets is 55% a year. At the end of 2009, the amount of total deposits
was more than Rs. 10 billion. The profits earned on the financings were more than Rs. 10 billion and the import/export business
handled by the bank was more than Rs. 100 billion during the period of 2002–2009. The bank is equipped with the latest technology,
up to data software and database systems. The bank has a rapidly growing network of branches which is in 204 in number at
present. It became the first customer of Islamic insurance Takatful (Pak-Kuwait Takatful Company Limited) in 2005. The bank has
adopted cautious approach to fight against the global recession. Meezan Bank has the vision of ‘establishing Islamic banking as the
banking of the first choice’ (MBL, 2009). The bank has a very prudent and cost-efficient management and the bank has shown a
consistent profitability (Shah, Baloch, Tahir, & Ali, 2017). The bank also deals with the charity fund mobilization under the Islamic
concept of Qard-e-Hasna which is a loan without any interest or mark-up. Many public awareness seminars are also conducted by
the bank about the Islamic banking (M.B.L., 2012).
BankIslami is one of the leading Banks in Pakistan with over 320 Branches Nationwide. It is the Second largest Islamic Bank. In
2016, BankIslami Signed an agreement with Akhuwat Foundation, an Interest free Micro-finance NGO (Islami, 2018).
Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan is the conventional bank selected for the comparison. It is an international bank that opened
its first branch in 1863 in Karachi. The bank many awards such as the Best Foreign Bank in Pakistan, Best Foreign Exchange Provider
and the Best Debt House in Pakistan. The growth rate of the deposits of the bank is 18% and the gross interest income increased by
14% in the year 2009. Loans and Advances reached to Rs. 101 billion. The bank has established certain committees to look after
certain risks like liquidity, regulatory and credit risk, etc. (Ahmad, 2016).
MCB Bank Limited, is one of the oldest bank in Pakistan. The Bank has also been acknowledged though prestigious recognition
and awards by Euromoney, World Finance, MMT, Asia Money, SAFA (SAARC), The Asset Triple A, Finance Asia, NFEH, CFA, Pakistan
Centre of Philanthropy and The Asian Banker Bank (MCB Bank, 2018).
The research employs the following three variables taken from the study entitled ‘Religious aspects of finance promises:
Evidence from Pakistan’ (Bukhari, Nawaz, Imam, & Qadri, 2014) of for comparison between the both types of banking:

1. Profitability.
2. Efficiency.
3. Liquidity.

Different measures of profitability performance such as Return on Asset (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Return on Deposits
(ROD) and Operating Profit Margin (OPM) are taken from another study entitled ‘profitability of Islamic banks: case of Malaysia’
(Nawaz & Bardai, 2017). The efficiency is measured by the ratios; Operating Income to Assets (OIA) and Asset Turnover (ATO). The
liquidity is measured through Cash to Assets (CTA) and Cash to Deposit (CTD). While regression analysis is conducted to predict the
relationship strength of Cash to Deposits (CTD),the ratio that enhance the customer trust on bank (Samad & Hassan, 1999), to other
measures of each banking group financial performance.

2. Literature review

There are many researches published recently which study the differences between the performance of Islamic and conventional
banking in different parts of the world (such as Abdul-Majid, Saal, & Battisti 2010; Saif-Alyousfi, Saha, & Md-Rus, 2017; Samad,
2004). Different researchers used different technique to measure the variables. Ratio analysis is most frequently used technique in
this area. Different researchers found different results. Here is the review of more than twenty researchers related to the
performance of Islamic and conventional banking.
The ratio analysis technique is used in a study of comparison between Islamic and conventional banking in Pakistan by Awan (2009).
The author calculated the performance and profitability ratios for the year 2006–2008 for the sample of six Islamic and Six conventional
banks of the same size from Pakistan. The results from the analysis of ratios like ROA, ROD, ROE, EPS, Equity to Total Assets, Debt to Asset,
Cash to Deposit ratio, etc. show that most of the probability ratios were negative for the conventional banks that show their low
performance during the study period. But the profitability ratios calculated of Islamic banks showed positive results that show high
returns to the bank and its shareholders. The assets for Islamic banks increased about 278% as compared to only 57% in conventional
banks’ assets during the period 2006–2008. The market share has increased from 2.5% to 5%. The ratio for non-performing loans for
Islamic banks was far less than the conventional banks’. Also, the Islamic banks are having more provisions for the bad debts than the
conventional banks. The results conclude that the overall efficiency of Islamic banks is higher than the conventional banks. The study
also revealed that all these good results are not attained by exploiting the depositors or shareholders in fact the Islamic banks are paying
more to it investors than the conventional banks. The cost of funds for Islamic banks was 6.5% as compared to 4.5% for the conventional
banks as the banks share 50% of its profits on Modaraba basis to its depositors. Also, the volatility of profitability in Islamic banks is less as
than the conventional banks in Pakistan. All the measure for Islamic banks showed positive results and the author suggests that the
Islamic banking is the ultimate solution to the current financial crisis in the world.
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A Pakistani researcher (Rashid, 2007) studied the performance of Islamic banks in Pakistan and compared the profitability,
liquidity and solvency ratios of an Islamic Bank (Meezan Bank) and eight conventional banks in Pakistan and used three ratios for
the profitability; Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Profit Expense Ratio. He found that the conventional banks are more
profitable than the conventional ones and the Return on Asset ratio is almost the double for the conventional banks. But the
research revealed a positive prospect for Islamic banks because the comparison between the profitability of the selected bank was
significantly increased during the period 1999–2006. The authors suggest that the Islamic banks should develop a totally different
market and accounting principles for making the Islamic financial system more widely acceptable. According to Rashid (2007), the
major source of funds for a bank is the deposits from its customers. The conventional banks can forecast their future profits for a
certain period because they receive (from the borrowers) and pay (to the depositors) a certain amount of interest which is fixed. But
an interest-free bank (Islamic bank) does not have control over the cost of funds since there is no certainty about the profit which
they will have to share with the depositors (that is called PLS rate). Moreover, the cost of writing and enforcing a contract is higher in
Islamic banking operations. Also, the cost of operations is higher because of market and informational imperfections in the
countries where Islamic banks are located.
A comparison between the both types of banking was done by three Malaysian researchers (Abdul-Majid, Nor, & Said, 2005) who
compared the efficiency aspect of the Islamic conventional banking in Malaysia. They applied two types of statistical tests;
parametric and non-parametric to evaluate the inefficiency of the two types of banks. They found that there is no significant
statistical difference between the both, but Islamic banks’ results were better than the conventional ones.
Another attempt for the profitability comparison, using empirical techniques, between the Islamic and conventional banks and
finance companies in Malaysia was conducted by Rosly and Bakar (2003). The author calculates six profitability ratios to examine
the discrepancy including Return on Assets and Return on Deposits ratios. They found that the ratio results are significantly higher
for the Islamic banks than the mainstream interest-based banks. But the author says that this is because the overhead expenses for
the Islamic banks are discounted which reduce their operating cost and Islamic banking has yet to modify its operations and
exclude Riba totally from the Islamic banking system. They should enhance risk sharing in their functions to completely formulate
the system conforming to the religious requirements. Also, this enhancement will ensure the corporate success. The author
further suggests that the Islamic banks can enhance their profitability by using the concepts of economies of scale and economies
of scope. This goal can be achieved by concentrating on the ethical issues.
As the Islamic banking system is under developed yet, so the above mentioned higher results for Islamic banks in Pakistan could
be justified with the empirical findings of two writers (Demirgüç-Kunt & Huizinga, 2000) who explored that the financial systems
which are under developed show more profitability but lower efficiency levels. These findings were revealed by selecting samples
of banks from different developed and developing countries of the world. The authors calculated different profitability and
efficiency ratios for the purpose mentioned above. The regression results showed that the greater bank development lowers the
profits of the banks but improves the efficiency as the competition between the banks increase.
The similar findings were revealed in a study by Hassoune (2002) which was conducted to know that how the Islamic banks
manage to smooth their profitability and their findings were based on the analysis of the ROE and ROA ratios’ comparison. Islamic
conventional banks from Gulf Cooperation Councils’ region were compared. The results suggest that Islamic banks’ profitability is
more profitable than the conventional banks. Also, Islamic banks are found to be more credit-worthy and Islamic banks are less
exposed to the cyclical nature of the Return on Assets. But this does not show the correct picture for the future strategies because
the main reason for the higher ratios of profitability indicators is that the Muslims who deposited their money to the banks do not
want any profit on their savings. But as the scale of operations increase in any Islamic bank, it is not necessary that all the new
depositors also do not want any return on their investment. These depositors who do not demand returns are a privilege for the
Islamic banks and if the whole economy is transformed according to the Islamic banking model as the cost of funds will increase.
But still the profit and loss sharing principle smoothes the Returns on Assets by absorbing shocks and this reduces the systematic
risk in the banking industry.
Siddiqui (2008) from Kuwait studied the performance of Islamic banks in Pakistan. He selected the top two Islamic banks in
Pakistan, i.e. Meezan and Albaraka Islamic Bank and calculated Return on Assets and Return on Equity ratios for both. The results
revealed that the profitability measures for these two banks were better than the average for the banking industry. Meezan bank
showed even better results than the other one.
The profitability between the Islamic and conventional banks all over the world was compared by an examiner (Ariss, 2010) who
built a sample of banks from thirteen countries of world. This paper concludes that the Islamic banks have more credit (portfolio)
risk because its asset base is comprised of loans and advances mostly but there is no significant difference between the profitability
of the two types of banking, i.e. the Islamic banks are not more profitable than the conventional banks. The reason is may be that
Islamic banking is still as its evolutionary stage and does not have attained its full potential. The study also concluded that Islamic
banks are showing less competition in the global financial markets. The study also concluded that the Islamic banks have shown
more resilience to the financial crises around the world because they invest more in the real assets rather than the financial assets
because in Shariah, there is a law that you cannot sell the things that you do not own.
Olson and Zoubi (2008) conducted a research to compare the profitability, efficiency, asset quality, liquidity and solvency of the
both types of banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. They selected a sample of 141 conventional and 96 Islamic banks for the
consideration. The paper also assesses the authenticity of the accounting ratios to compare the both types of banking and found
them as good estimators. According to the findings, the accounting information is helpful not only in the developed economies but
also in the developing ones. The ratios for both kinds of banks revealed almost the similar results and this is obvious because the
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both types of banks operate in the same financial environment. Secondly the banking regulations are same for both. But the
operational characteristics of the both types of banking are different. So, the results indicate that the Islamic banks are more
profitable than the conventional banks, but they are less efficient. Also, the Islamic banks keep more cash with them because of the
risk of withdrawals from the customers. Also, the Islamic banks rely more on the deposits for their capital requirements which
enhances their risk.
A case study on the Bank Muamlat Indonesia (an Islamic bank) was conducted to compare its profitability, liquidity, risk and
solvency with the conventional banks in Indonesia. The author (Suyanto, 2009) used the ratios for the stated purpose and applied
different statistical tests on the obtained data. The results revealed that there is no significance difference among the profitability
of the BMI and the interest-based banks, but the results showed that the liquidity is comparatively less in the Islamic bank. The rest
of the variables were also not significantly different from the conventional banks.
A study to find the reasons why Islamic banking is growing with such a fast pace was conducted by Indriani (2008). She picked
twenty-five banks of Indonesia from which 2 banks were full-fledged Islamic banks, half of them with the Islamic (interest free)
financing and the rest with the interest-based financing. She calculated ratios to analyze the profitability performance of the both
types of banks. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis techniques were used to analyze the data and it was found that the
Islamic banks are prone to more profit rate risk. This is because the Islamic banks are more uncertain about the forthcoming
returns on their assets (that is the loans which are disbursed by the bank). The author concluded that the “Net Profit Margin” is an
important factor which influences the profit risk of the banks. The research concludes that the Islamic banks are showing better
performance than the conventional ones. The credit risk and the profit rate risk have a strong influence on this performance. But
the Islamic banking sector is developing and hence reducing the risks.
A case study on two Islamic banks in Sudan; Faisal Islamic Bank and Tadamon Islamic Bank was conducted by Bashir (1999) to
examine the relationship between the size of the Islamic bank (independent variable) and the profitability and market valuation
(dependent variables) of the Islamic banks. Ten years and 15-year data from the selected banks was taken to compare different
ratios for example ROA, ROE and ROD, etc. was then analyzed by applying regression techniques to find out the performance of
Islamic Banks in Sudan. The results indicate that the growth of the size (scale of operations) has a positive and strong relationship
with the profitability of any bank. Also, the risks decrease, and efficiency increases with the increase in size. But the market
valuation decreases with the increase in the scale of operations in Islamic banks.
The same author (Hassan & Bashir, 2003) conducted a research to find out the determinants of the profitability of the Islamic
banks in the Middle East. Bank characteristics and the overall financial environment of the country where the bank operates are
the major factors that affect the banks’ performance. The performance indicators of Islamic banks from eight countries were
observed for 6 years (1993–1998) and regression analysis was applied to test for the accuracy of the predictions. According to the
study findings, “Controlling for macroeconomic environment, financial market structure, and taxation, the results indicate that
high capital-to-asset and loan-to-asset ratios lead to higher profitability”. The results also indicate that foreign-owned banks are
more profitable than the local banks of Middle East. Everything else remaining constant, the implicit and explicit taxes affect the
bank performance and profitability negatively and the relationship is significantly strong. The government policies have also a
very strong influence on the performance of bank for example high reserve ratios decline the profitability because of the
opportunity cost. The favorable macroeconomic conditions impact performance measures positively for example higher GDP per
capita and higher inflation rates increase the profits significantly. The results also indicated that the stock markets and banks are
complementary to each other. The appropriate capital ratios and loan portfolios play an empirical role in determining the
performance of Islamic banks. Higher wages and salaries to the employees of the banks and investment in advanced technology
also impact positively in the profitability performance of the Islamic banks.
A very earlier study on the profitability of the Islamic banks competing with the conventional interest-based banks was
conducted with the supposition that the Islamic banks operations are based on the PLS (Profit and Loss sharing) principle. The
banks make profit out of the loans disbursed to the entrepreneurs and the Islamic banks do not take interest on the loans instead
they share a certain percentage of profit which will be earned on the project (in which the entrepreneur invests the borrowed
money). The percentage of profit that the entrepreneur shares with the bank determines the profitability of the Islamic banks. The
profits for conventional banks are determined simply by the interest rate that the bank is charging on the loan. The author
(Nienhaus, 1983) defined his own financial model to analyze the profits. He concluded that the Islamic banks take almost the same
amount of profit, from the borrowers, as the amount of interest that conventional banks are taking. This shows that there is no
difference between the profitability of the Islamic and conventional banks.
Iqbal (2001) compared the performance of Islamic banks with a control group of conventional banks and used trend and ratio
analysis techniques to analyze the data for the year 1990–1998. A sample of twelve Islamic and twelve conventional banks was
taken from the same countries (mostly from the Middle East). He calculated different types of ratios and the profitability ratios
included ROA and ROE. The growth rate for the Islamic banks was found to be shrinking because the industry was matured in the
later years. But still the growth rate was 10% per annum which is remarkable because the statistically base year for measuring the
growth rate (which is the previous year) becomes larger with the passage of time which reduces the rate of growth. The profitability
was higher in the Islamic banks when the ratios data was compared for both types of banks and the ratios’ values were according to
the international benchmarks in Islamic banks. But it was concluded by the author that the Islamic banks are not cost effective in
their operations. As the banks are financed by the depositors who share the risk with the bank in case of Islamic banking, so they
expect more profit on their deposits and the prevailing return on assets ratio was still not enough. According to another study
conducted by Haron and Ahmad (2000) in Malaysia on the effects of conventional interest rates and rate of profit on the deposits in
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Islamic banks, customers are guided with the profit maximization theory). The study rejects the general perception that the
Islamic banks are more liquid than the conventional banks.
Abdul-Majid, Saal, and Battisti (2009) studied the “the impact of Islamic banking on the cost efficiency and productivity change
of Malaysian commercial banks” was conducted which concluded that the Islamic banks are less efficient than the conventional
banks as they require more input to produce the desire outputs. The study used the analytical model called Stochastic Frontier
Analysis (SFA) to analyze the data for Malaysian banks of both types during 1996–2002. The study revealed that the full-fledged
Islamic banks are overcoming the problem of higher costs by using the technical change. The conventional banks with Islamic
windows are not coming up this pace.
A study by Haron (1996), was conducted to find out the performance of Islamic banks operating in two different types of
markets; Competitive and monopolistic. The author used different mathematical formulas to analyze the data of the banks. The
results indicate that there is no difference between the profits of Islamic banks working in monopolist environment maximizes the
shareholders’ and firm’s wealth but the banks working in competitive market maximize the profits of the depositors. So, a
competitive market should be created in the economy by introducing new Islamic banks so that the monopolist Islamic banks
cannot exploit the depositors. The study results also show that the PLS (profit and loss sharing) principle is beneficial for the
depositors as well as for the bank.
Profit that the banks pay to its depositors is the cost of fund for them. A study by two Malaysians (Erusan and Ibrahim, 2010)
examined the profit rate on the fixed deposits in the Islamic and conventional banks. Monthly data for the rate of returns on the
deposits varying in time period from 3-month to 15-month was taken from the year 2002 to 2006. Independent sample t-test was
used to test the hypothesis that whether there is any difference between the returns on deposits provided by both types of banks to
its customers. The results show a significant difference among the profit rates. The conventional banks offer a significantly higher
return to its customer as compared to the Islamic banks. The authors also applied One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to test
that whether there is any difference between the returns from one month to another. The results for this test show that the returns
in different months differ considerably for both the Islamic and conventional banks.
A study by Bader, Mohamad, Ariff, and Hassan (2008) revealed that both the Islamic and conventional banks are less efficient
than their capacity to be and there is room for improvement for both of them. The data for the period of 1990–2005 was taken from
43 Islamic and 37 conventional banks. Data Envelopment Analysis model was used to analyze the efficiency of these banks and t-
test was applied to find if there exists any difference. The results suggest that there is no significant difference in the efficiency of
both Islamic and conventional counterparts. The author concludes that the Islamic banks can strive more to become more efficient
and exceed form the conventional banks significantly.
An Australian researcher (Metwally, 1997) conducted a research to know about the differences in the Islamic and the
conventional banking characteristics and applied the ratio analysis to the data collected from the sample of 15 Islamic and 15
conventional banks. By applying different models to the financial data the results were obtained that suggest that the Islamic
banks are having more liquidity as their Cash to Deposit ratio was higher than the conventional banks. The statistical results
showed that there is no difference in the profitability and efficiency of the Islamic and conventional banks.
Another study by Abdul-Majid et al. (2009) was aimed to compare the efficiency of Islamic and conventional banks. The Output
Distance Function method was used to analyze the data for the inputs and outputs generated with that input by the bank for the
time period of 1996–2002. Inputs were the equity, deposits and operating expenses while outputs were the loans and other earning
assets. A sample of banks from 10 countries was selected. The results showed that the Islamic banks have 12.7% lower output for
the given input. The author suggests that this lack of efficiency is not because of the insufficient management rather it is the result
of the fact that the Islamic banks have to work according to Shariah principles. Although the writer suggests that the Islamic
banking has more potential than the traditional banks to be sufficient.

3. Methodology

3.1. Theoretical framework

Here banking system is categorical variable with two categories:

Conventional banking

The characteristics of the following three variables of the both categories is measured by one sample t test:

Profitability.

Efficiency.

Liquidity.

The statistical model is built on the following equation to predict the differences of financial performance between Islamic
banks (IB) and conventional banks (CB) with respect to CTD.
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CTDIB ¼ a þ b1ROAIB þ b2ROEIB þ b3RODIB þ b4OPMIB þ b5OLAIB þ b6ATOIB þ b7CTAIB þ e (1)

CTDCB ¼ a þ b1ROACB þ b2ROECB þ b3RODCB þ b4OPMCB þ b5OLACB þ b6ATOCB þ b7CTACB þ e (2)

where dependent variables are:

CTDIB =Cash to Deposit of Islamic banks;

CTDCB =Cash to Deposit of conventional banks.

Independent variables are:

ROAIB =Return on Asset of Islamic banks;

ROEIB =Return on Equity of Islamic banks;
RODIB =Return on Deposits of Islamic banks;
OPMIB =Operating Profit Margin of Islamic banks;
OIAIB =Operating Income to Assets of Islamic banks;
ATOIB =Asset Turnover of Islamic banks;
CTAIB =Cash to Assets of Islamic banks;
ROACB =Return on Asset of conventional banks;
ROECB =Return on Equity of conventional banks;
RODCB =Return on Deposits of conventional banks;
OPM CB =Operating Profit Margin of conventional banks;
OIACB =Operating Income to Assets of conventional banks;
ATOCB =Asset Turnover of conventional banks;
CTACB =Cash to Assets of conventional banks
e=Error term; b =Beta.

3.2. Problem statement

Many researchers have concluded that the Islamic banks are more profitable and efficient than the conventional banks. Some
authors believe that Islamic banks are suffering from excess liquidity. Is there a difference between the profitability, efficiency and
liquidity of the Islamic Banks and the conventional banks?

3.3. Hypothesis

H0. There is significant factor that influence on customer trust of both banking system.
i.e. Islamic banks and conventional banks of Pakistan.

H1. There is no significant factor that influence on customer trust of both banking system.

i.e. Islamic banks and conventional banks of Pakistan.

3.4. Financial ratios

Profitability, Efficiency and Liquidity Ratios of two banks (Islamic and conventional) is calculated and then compared. The
following ratios were calculated:
Return on Assets (ROA)=Net Profit after Taxes+Interest Expense/Average Total Assets ROA measures the success a bank has in using
its assets to earn profit. Total assets are financed by the creditors, depositors and the shareholders. Interest (profit in the case of
Islamic bank) is the income earned on the money provided by the creditors and depositors and net income is the profit available to
be distributed to the shareholders. So, the interest expense is added bank to the net income because this expense is also the return
earned on the assets by the business (banks in our case). The average of the total assets is taken to get a representative figure.
Return on Equity ðROEÞ ¼ Net Income=Average Common Stock Holders Equity

This ratio is the relationship between the net income the common shareholders’ investment in the bank. The common
stockholders’ equity includes the retained earnings and any additional paid in capital.
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Return on Deposit ðRODÞ ¼ Net Income=Total Customer Deposits

This is the relationship of the profits earned on the usage of money provided by the depositors.
Operating Prof it Margin ¼ Operating Income=Markup Earned

This ratio calculates the operating income generated on a single rupee of mark-up (return or interest) earned. The operating
income is calculated by subtracting the operating expenses (i.e. Cost of Goods Sold and Selling, General and Administrative
expenses).
Operating Income to Assets ¼ Operating Income=Total Assets

This is the net return after provisions earned on the total (current and fixed) assets of the bank.
Asset Turnover ¼ Revenue=Total Assets

The above ratio is calculated by taking the interest/markup earned in the enumerator and dividing it by the amount of total
assets of a bank. This efficiency ratio tells the return earned by utilizing the fixed and currents assets of the bank.
Cash to Assets ¼ Cash=Total Assets

This ratio calculates the proportion of cash in the assets of the bank. The higher amount of cash ensures that the bank has
enough cash to pay its obligations on time, but it reduces the ability to generate profits as the cash in hand does not generate more
cash on it.
Cash to Deposits ¼ Cash=Total Customer Deposits

This ratio calculates the proportion of cash amount which the bank is having with it to the deposits. Deposits are the main
source of finance for the banks especially for Islamic banks, but they are usually for the least time period. The maximum duration
for a (say fixed deposit) is 15 months. So, it is very important to measure the bank’s ability to pay the amount of deposits on time.

3.5. Population and sample

Our population contains all the Islamic banks (in the category of Islamic banking of out independent variable) and all the
conventional banks (in the Conventional banking categorical variable “Banking System”) in Pakistan. The following four banks are
selected for the assessment.
Islamic bank: Meezan Pakistan Ltd and Bank Islami Limited, Pakistan.
Conventional bank: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd and MCB Bank Limited, Pakistan.
Data type: Secondary data.
Data source: The data is collected from the financial statements of the above-mentioned banks. Most of the statements were
taken from the official websites of these banks.
Tools and techniques:

Ratio analysis: Statistical test – one sample t-test to test the difference.
Software: (a) Microsoft Excel is used to calculate ratios and draw graphs. (b) SPSS is used to analyze the data.

4. Data analysis and discussion

Respondent’s characteristics are an integral part of the study to categorize the sample banks[5_TD$IF] (Fig. 1). In order to verify the sample of
observation for respondents of Islamic banks and conventional banks, t-tests for all items were conducted (Samad & Hassan, 1999).
The results show that all of the variables except ROACB and ROEIB of both groups are significant at .05 level. In terms of the group
mean of underlying items, the results indicate that the mean scores of convention banks are higher than that of the Islamic banks
respondents.
Table 1 shows the characteristics of respondent by t-test respectively for both categories of banks, i.e. Islamic and conventional
banks. Table 1 shows the financial ratios for respondents of this study during the study period 2013–[6_TD$IF]2017.
Return on Assets (ROA) is the most frequently used measure of profitability. Fig. 2 represents the values of this measure during
the study period for both types of bank (Islamic and conventional bank). This value was very high in the underlying year of our
analysis (0.0363 or 3.63%) for the conventional bank which is Standard Chartered Bank in the study, but it declined with a very fast
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Profitability

CTD of Banking System

Efficiency (Islamic/conventional)

Liquidity

Fig. 1 – Research model.

Table 1 – Financial ratios: conventional banking (CB) vs Islamic banking (IB).

Ratios Standard Chartered Bank Meezan Bank

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
ROA 3.63% 2.32% 1.08% 0.24% 0.21% 1.37% 1.30% 1.43% 0.73% 0.83%
ROE NA 14.75% 7.14% 1.63% 1.73% 13.87% 12.69% 16.88% 10.40% 11.16%
ROD 4.85% 3.64% 1.56% 0.36% 0.32% 1.84% 1.75% 1.77% 0.88% 1.02%
OPM 76.12% 60.23% 45.00% 30.47% 25.76% 50.01% 41.31% 36.86% 44.06% 35.76%
OIA 4.78% 3.56% 3.97% 2.68% 2.19% 2.38% 2.41% 2.51% 3.52% 2.91%
ATO 6.28% 5.91% 8.82% 8.81% 8.52% 4.76% 5.82% 6.81% 7.98% 8.13%
CTA 8.89% 9.26% 10.29% 8.59% 6.88% 12.90% 12.70% 8.40% 6.76% 6.75%
CTD 11.87% 14.53% 14.84% 13.03% 10.40% 17.38% 17.12% 10.34% 8.21% 8.36%

Ratios MCB Bank Bank Islami Limited

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
ROA 1.89% 2.13% 2.63% 2.78% 2.72% 0.21% 0.31% 0.15% 0.39% 0.79%
ROE 17.65% 18.94% 23.21% 23.83% 23.09% 2.96% 4.56% 1.75% 6.04% 113.4%
ROD 6.23% 7.68% 9.45% 8.20% 7.76% 51.00% 45.00% 45.00% 55.00% 66.47%
OPM 2.43% 3.52% 4.28% 3.73% 3.61% 49.30% 42.82% 42.05% 42.92% 39.74%
OIA 2.43% 3.52% 4.28% 3.73% 3.61% 0.27% 1.16% 0.00% 0.28% 0.20%
ATO 4.55% 5.70% 6.56% 6.04% 6.01% 7.24% 7.66% 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%
CTA 832.0% 7.45% 634.0% 529.0% 746.0% 0.47% 0.47% 0.47% 0.47% 0.47%
CTD 529.0% 778.0% 596.0% 516.0% 571.0% 66.47% 66.47% 66.47% 66.47% 66.47%

Fig. 2 – Trend of financial ratios: conventional banking (CB) vs Islamic banking (IB).

pace and came near 0. This huge decline was the result of global financial crises. But, as it is clear that the value of this ratio, for the
Islamic banks, has not declined at that rate. In fact, it was slightly changes during the study period and then there was a slight
decline. This shows that the Islamic banking was not hit by the financial crises to the extent it hit the conventional banks. Although
it was not that much high in the starting period for the Islamic bank, but it remained almost constant during the period of study.
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Return on Equity is the second measure of profitability which is higher for Islamic bank for the year 2015. The numerical data is
shown in Table 1. The difference between the ROE is increasing with the passage of time and it was only 1.73% and 23.09% for the
conventional banks in the last year but 11.16% and 113.4% for the Islamic bank. The value of ROE for the conventional bank is
showing a prominent decline but this value is almost consistent for the Islamic bank. The returns to the shareholders are of two
types, the dividends paid directly to them and the capital gains which benefit them by increasing the value of the shares. The
conventional bank has not paid any cash or stock dividend during the study period, but the Islamic bank paid the stock dividends
each year.
The third measure of profitability is Return on Deposit which measures the profits earned on the usage of the money provided
by the depositors. This ratio is higher for the conventional bank in the beginning of the study period, but this ratio did not crossed
the bank Islamic return on deposit value of 51.00% of 2013 to till 2017. In Islamic bank, it shows a consistency of returns. This is
because, as it can be seen in the financial statements of the banks, the Net Income figure is decreasing with the passage of time
while the amount of deposits is increasing in the commercial bank but in the Islamic bank’s statements, Net Income figure is also
increasing with the increase in the amount of deposits with time. The profit margin ratios depict the profitability position of the
bank by taking the values from the income statement and checking for the differences of the profits of the banks relative to their
sales each year.
Operating Profit Margin (explained in methodology part) is the profit margin ratio. It was highest for the very first year of
analysis of conventional banks that is in 2013 but declined quickly till 2017. The variations are occurring in the values of this ratio
for the Islamic bank but not to that extent as it declined in conventional banks. This is because the Net spread after provisions is
less in relation to its returns earned on the financings for the conventional bank as compared to Islamic bank (although the
denominator is increasing with the passage of time for both the banks). The proportion of bad debts and the provisions for them is
higher in the conventional bank. There were no bad debts directly written off for the Islamic bank during the study period. This shows
a great achievement of the Islamic banking.
The measure of efficiency is the Operating Income to Assets. From Table 1, the difference in value of this ratio of both types of
banks is not different significantly. The efficiency of the Islamic banks is the same according to the values of operating income to
assets ratio.
Another ratio calculated to measure the efficiency is the Assets Turnover. Table 1 and Fig. 3 show that the values of this ratio for
both the banks are almost going side by side every year. This shows that the returns earned by utilizing their total assets are almost
same for the Islamic and conventional bank.
The first of the two liquidity ratios are the Cash to Assets ratio. The conventional bank is showing the increasing trend in the
years of study, but the Islamic bank is showing a continuous decline. This shows that the both types of banks are leaning toward
having less cash with them and invest the cash in other profitable assets. This trend is healthy with the view that these assets
generate profits as cash itself does not generate more cash. But it is risky also as the bank may fail to meet the currently maturing
liabilities. But as far as the latest figure of the State Bank’s regulation for this ratio is concerned, the liquidity is enough even in the
later period because the requirement is 5%.
Another liquidity ratio is the Cash to Deposits ratio which calculates the amount of cash available to secure the depositors’
money, that is, whether the bank is having enough cash to meet the deposit side liabilities or not. This ratio is carried out later to
study its relationship with other variables of study to test hypothesis. As it is clear from Table 1 and Fig. 3 that the conventional
banks was having more cash to deposits ratio variations but the variation in this ratio for the Islamic banks is low. This is because
the Islamic banking products are developing with the passage of time and Islamic banks can now invest in more assets. But again,
the risk is there to fail to meet the deposits liabilities.
The overall descriptive analysis of financial ratios shows that the financial position of Islamic banking remained almost
constant during the period of study. In fact, it was slightly changes during the study period and then there was a slight decline. This
shows that the Islamic banking was not hit by the financial crises to the extent it hit the conventional banks. Although financial
indicator was not that much high for the Islamic bank as compared to conventional banks, but as the Islamic banking industry is
developing with the passage of time, the indicators show that Islamic banks can perform better than the conventional ones as
depicted in Fig. 3. Islamic bank is having fewer bad debts than the conventional bank during the study period 2013–2017. Islamic

Fig. 3 – Comparison of conventional banking (CB) vs Islamic banking (IB).

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Table 2 – Regression analysis for Islamic banking.

Model R R square Adjusted R square Std. error of the estimate Durbin–Watson Sig.
a
1 .997 .994 .974 .0351083 2.885 .020b
a
Predictors: (Constant), OPM IB, ATO IB, ROA IB, CTA IB, ROE IB, OIA IB, ROD IB.
b
Dependent variable: CTD IB.

Table 3 – Regression analysis for conventional banking.

Model R R square Adjusted R square Std. error of the estimate Durbin–Watson Sig.
a
1 .996 .991 .960 .6345943 2.870 .031b
a
Predictors: (Constant), CTA, OIA, ATO, OPM, ROA, ROE, ROD.
b
Dependent variable: CTD.

banking is not hit by the financial crisis to the extent the conventional banking is suffered as it is not interest based rather it is
assets based. So, the profits are not declined with that pace. These finding are opposing the claim of Yudistira (2004).

4.1. Regression model

Many researches by different authors in different parts of the world concluded that Islamic banking is suffering from excess
liquidity as described in section of literature review, to analysis and test the impact of big liquidity ratio, the ratio that enhance the
customer trust on bank (Samad & Hassan, 1999), the hypothesis testing is done by regression.
Table 2 for Islamic bank regression for CTD shows the estimated R square is .994, indicating that 99.4% changes in CTD
(dependent) is due to changing in independent variable are reliable. Moreover, the result shows there is significant variables that
influences profitability with respect to CTD for Islamic banks. The Durbin–Watson test results are 2.885; which implies that there is
no autocorrelation among the residuals from the regression investigation.
Table 3 for conventional bank regression for CTD shows the estimated R square is .991, indicating that 99.1% changes in CTD
(dependent) is due to changing in independent variable are reliable. Moreover, the result shows there is significant variables that
influences profitability with respect to CTD for conventional banks. The Durbin–Watson test results are 2.870; which implies that
there is no autocorrelation among the residuals from the regression investigation.
Hence, Eq. (3) for B-coefficient of Islamic banks CTD shows that it is 8.183 for ROAIB which suggests that increase in ROAIB has
positive big impact on dependent variable. The percent increase in ROAIB leads to proportional increase in CTD of Islamic banks.
Generally, the findings of this study are in parallel to a number of previous studies including Hassan and Bashir (2003) that indicate
a correlation between profitability variable. While the relationship of ROACB, ROECB, RODCB, OPMCB, ATOCB, and CTACB is
negative with CTD of conventional bank as depicted in Eq. (4). The finding of this study confirms the significant impact of financial
indicators in evaluating a bank’s performance (Samad, 2004).
CTDIB ¼ a þ 8:183ROAIB  :053ROEIB þ :863RODCB þ :607OPMIB  3:607OIAIB þ 1:012ATOIB  :199CTAIB þ e (3)

CTDCB ¼ a  :182ROACB  5:163ROECB  35:63RODCB  15:860OPMCB þ 238:299OIACB  152:04ATOCB  :299CTACB þ e (4)

We can argue that in case of Islamic banking, customer trust increases with increase in return on asset of Islamic banks while
customer trust that is representative of CTD is proportionally increased with the net return after provisions earned on the total
(current and fixed) assets of the conventional bank. The regression statistics show that there is a difference between the liquidity
positions of both types of banking and impact of financial indicators is not the same on cash deposit of both category of banks
(Madura, 2000).

5. Summary and conclusion

The present study is conducted to empirically test that whether there is any difference in the performance of the Islamic and
conventional banking with respect to the customer deposit of each bank. The secondary data is taken from the annual reports of
the conventional and Islamic banks. Most of the data was available on the official websites of the banks. The descriptive analysis of
different profitability, efficiency and liquidity ratios is done for both categories of the banks. The analysis of the data accepts null
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hypotheses that the Islamic banking and the conventional banking are different from each other in terms of their performance. But
most of the performance measures are showing a positive trend for the Islamic banking. This shows a growth of the Islamic
banking industry as the Islamic bank in our study is showing better performance than the conventional bank in the later years.
The future of Islamic banking seems brighter than the conventional banking as the results show that the Islamic banking is not
suffered from the global financial crisis to the extent conventional banking is suffered. The results of this study are in parallel to
study of Nawaz and Bardai (2017) and Bukhari et al. (2014), banking strategies can be built around the significance and importance
of certain financial ratios. A future study based on a larger sample and more advanced statistical tools covering all financial ratios
of Pakistan would have allowed us a more powerful analysis.[7_TD$IF]

Conflict of interest

The authors have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria;
educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; Membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity
interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.

Appendix A. SPSS results of t-test

Variables Mean difference t Sig. (2-tailed)

ROA .2067400 1.105 .298
ROE .1319700 4.313 .002
ROD .0500520 4.667 .001
OPM .2551427 2.981 .015
OIA .0347427 13.386 .000
ATO .0672045 14.399 .000
CTA 2.7923600 2.469 .036
CTD 3.0546700 3.054 .014
ROA IB .0072100 4.263 .002
ROE IB .1902700 1.788 .107
ROD IB .2697300 3.096 .013
OPM IB .4248300 29.100 .000
OIA IB .0127744 2.481 .035
ATO IB .0485553 4.432 .002
CTA IB .2271645 2.781 .021
CTD IB .3191900 4.646 .001

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